How to avoid RCS

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  rena5498

  June 2011

  Educate yourself as much as you can about vbacs& contact your local ican chapter for supportive vbac hospitals. There are restrictions for vbac depending on where you go if you are considered a good candidate by your doc. usually with vbacs majority of providers really dont induce because it increases your risks of uterine rupture. So your question about inducing is up to your doc. Most expect you to go into labor on your own by your due date some let you go past depends on who you go with. I tried 2 hospitals to see which one i would vbac at & both did not induce at all. The one i went with allowed me to go into labor on my own up until 41 weeks if not a rcs. Also try & have a healthy pregnancy even though some things we just cant control. I say this because if anything risky arises, that can interfere with you having a vbac. I had a healthy pregnancy up until 39 weeks with my 2nd & dveloped hypertension out of no where & they recommended a rcs. I gained around 15 lbs both pregnancies for some reason no matter how much i ate everything went to baby lol. My son was 8lbs 7oz my daughter 7lbs 2oz as you can see how much weight you gain dosent factor into how big or small the baby will be. Igained a little & still didnt have small babies. Now about the small hips theory my cousin is a size 2 small hips her ds was 8lbs 2oz vaginally.Yes women did die and still can giving birth no matter what their size but back then there were also no medical intervensions like today. IMO pushing for an hr isnt that long some people push for hrs before the baby is born yours just happen to go into distress. I think If he hadnt he would have discended with more time. EDIT: Also see if you can find someone who will induce as last option cuz if you dont go into labor like you didnt the 1st time you will have to get a rcs

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  nosoup4u member

  June 2011

  Welcome! The best thing you can do is find a truly supportive provider, like Rena said, ICAN is a really good resource for finding someone in your area. I went super-late (42 weeks by my calculations, 41 w 2 d by my official due date), and my MW was really patient and nice about it, and only asked if I wanted to be induced, and when I said no, left it alone. She never brought up RCS as an option at any point during my pg.
  

  It's important to find out how many VBACs your provider has done, what their success rate is, how late they'll let you go, etc. And you want to watch out for providers who claim to support VBAC, but only with stipulations (you can't go past 40 weeks, you can only gain x lbs, they think your baby is too big, etc etc)
  

  There's a lot of women on here who were told they had CPD, or that their first babies were too big to push out, and went on to have successful VBACs. Definitely talk to a few providers about the specifics of your DS's birth, though, too. If fetal distress happens in one labor, it's not necessarily going to happen in the next.
  

  My VBAC baby was 10.5 lbs - 2.5 lbs bigger than my first baby, who didn't come out after 4+ hours of pushing. The reason I had my c-section was bc my first was posterior - being in a bad position is a really common reason for c-sections. It sounds like your first labor was really tough, I definitely remember being beyond exhausted with DS1 when it came time to push, but my second labor was much more efficient all around, so I would try not to worry about a long labor again, especially if you go into labor without being induced.

  Hope all that helps! Good luck! Here's some good links for general VBAC info:

  https://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10212

  https://givingbirthwithconfidence.org/2-2/a-womans-guide-to-vbac/

  https://www.theunnecesarean.com/links-and-resources/
  

  DS1 - Feb 2008

  DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)

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